From: Diane French <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:11:33 +0000

*Apologies for cross-posting*

*Announcing **three **ALPSP seminars for the autumn** – add th**e dates to
your diary now!*
*The rise of the RFP: How to embrace and get the most out of your RFP
processes* *(members early bird rate available until 31 July)*
Thursday 31 October 2019, London, UK
Join us to learn about RFPs and how they are becoming an increasingly
important part of the activities of all publishers, large and small, and
generally represent a significant investment which should be well managed.
In this session we’ll examine the various ways in which sourcing decisions
can be made, with views from both purchasers and vendors. The aim of the
day will be to provide comprehensive, practical support to help attendees
choose the right process, and the right partner, for their particular needs.
*Chair: *Nancy Roberts,
*Director, Business Inclusivity and Founder & CEO, Umbrella *Speakers:

   - Catherine Harding-Wiltshire, *Director of Operations, BMJ*
   - Simon Crump, *Head of Supply Chain, Cambridge University Press*
   - Andrew Copley, *Business Development Director, Clays*
   - Mark Carden, *Consultant*
   - Rod Cookson, *Managing Director IWA Publishing*

NB: more speakers and programme to be announced soon.
*Who should attend*: Heads of house, publishers, technology staff, product
managers, project managers, editorial staff, marketing staff, product
development staff, production staff. This seminar is open to member and
non-member organizations. So, please feel free to forward this email on to
colleagues/friends inside and outside your organization.
For further information and to book please go to:
*https://www.alpsp.org/Seminars/The-Rise-of-the-RFP/66222*
<https://www.alpsp.org/Seminars/The-Rise-of-the-RFP/66222>



*ALPSP/UKSG Seminar **Shifting Power Centers in Scholarly Communication
Implications and future roles for libraries and publishers**,* Wednesday 13
November, London, UK
This year’s One-Day Conference is a partnership between UKSG and ALPSP, two
organizations uniquely placed to understand and address the scholarly
communications’ community’s needs and concerns in this rapidly evolving
ecosystem. We are moving beyond the “fall out” from the digital revolution
– and its implications for user behaviours, customer expectations, product
formats and business models – into a much bigger shift, where established
roles and accepted models are being questioned. The event promises
strategic insight, practical takeaways and robust discussion among research
funders, academics, librarians and publishers. Confirmed speakers already
include:

   - Beth Montague-Hellen, *Senior Research Librarian at the University of
   Nottingham and Regina Everitt, Director of Library and* *Learning
   Services at the University of East London, on future roles for libraries*
   - Max Haring, *Project manager - University Journals at University
   of Amsterdam, on universities collaborating to create their own publishing
   platform*
   - Dr Alicia Wise, *Director, Information Power, on the Society
   Publishers Accelerating Open access and Plan S (SPA-OPS) project*
   - Rachel Burley, *Vice President, Open Publishing Innovations at
   Springer Nature on transformative journals*
   - Dr Gautam Dey, *Marie Curie Fellow, MRC/UCL Lab for Molecular Cell
   Bio, with an early-career researcher’s perspective.*

More information and booking will be available very soon on
*https://www.alpsp.org/Events-Training*
<https://www.alpsp.org/Events-Training>. Or contact *Amanda.W*
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*'I Never Metadata I Didn't Like'* *(members early bird rate available
until 2 September)*
Wednesday 27 November, London, UK

*Metadata is said to be “a love letter to the future”. Let’s get together
for a day and design our future.*
Everyone involved in scholarly communications touches *metadata* at some
point, even if you don’t call it that. Behind every manuscript submission,
every link on the web, every platform launch plan, and every analytics
dashboard - lies metadata.
In this program, as the title suggests, everyone is a metadata fan! We will
hear from publishers who describe their journey to enrich metadata and
their lessons learned along the way. We’ll also hear from consumers of
metadata who will bang the drum for an emphasis on abstracts or acceptance
dates (or you name it), and from infrastructure organisations who attempt
to collaborate to make it easier for everyone to do better.

Chair: Ginny Hendricks, *Director of Member and Community Outreach,
Crossref*
Speakers and full programme to be announced soon.

Metadata Survey
You are invited to participate in a survey to help better understand
metadata knowledge, attitudes, and usage in scholarly communications. The
survey is being carried out by the Metadata 2020 project, and seeks input
from all key stakeholder groups - researchers, publishers, librarians, and
repository managers.
*Please participate by July 26 here:*
*https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4729698/Metadata2020-survey-email*
<https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4729698/Metadata2020-survey-email>

*Who should attend: *Those in senior roles will learn how critical metadata
is to the success of their business. Those in less senior roles will learn
how to convince senior management of investing in better metadata and
related infrastructure.

For further information and to book please go to:
*https://www.alpsp.org/Seminars/I-Never-Metadata-I-Didnt-Like/66221
<https://www.alpsp.org/Seminars/I-Never-Metadata-I-Didnt-Like/66221>*

Diane French
Learned Publisher Administrator
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
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